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Episode 3. Defuse a bomb with love? Blah. Moffat, be ashamed. And Winston was so fine. Episode 4. Not at all bad, roll on Episode 5. Welcome back Angels, one of the better new (now recurring) challenges. But tell me why does everything need to be _*the* most dangerous_ instead of _*one of the* most […]

Doctor Who, Eleventh Doctor, Episode 1. If I buy into the thematic corny vibe of the rebooted series since 2005…. this is not bad. New producer, main writer etc. It’s 1130, I should go to bed. But.. let’s try episode 2. Oh, a couple of small points – apparently the new Doctor is reportably fanciable […]

But a penny for my re-posting of thoughts comparing it to Victorian novels: Of course the reason so many nineteenth century novels are so long and convoluted is because the novels were serialized and the writers paid by the word. They were rewarded for stretching out their stories for as long as possible. I guess […]

I’m in the basement surrounded by LCDs and flickering lights. There are no real lights on. Unfortunately the recent trials and tribulations with the house Internet have driven me to this. Since Sunday our usually-pretty-rock-solid Internet has been playing silly buggers. I think it’s the Apple TimeCapsule Airport thing, but I’m not too sure, although […]

TV: Voyage Of The Damned (Doctor Who Christmas Special 2007) – wikipedia 2/5 – once you give up your fond childhood memories of Doctor Who being scary and serious time-travel science-fiction and succumb to the new nuevo-Brit-rah-rah-rah Doctor Who of Russell T. Davies it’s pretty easy to enjoy the show. This episode has Kylie Minogue […]

From wanderings in wikipedia, here is great quote from a review of Blake’s 7 in 1998 (it’s 20th anniversary): Hanks praised the series’ ethos in comparison with Star Trek, saying that: “If you wanted to sum up the relative position of Britain and America in this century – the ebbing away of the pink areas […]

Roll-call of the “stay awake” flight back to the US: Doctor Who “Utopia” (5/5) – utterly rocked, welcome back Master (torrented on laptop). Ghost Rider (1/5) – godawful. It’s worrying that Marvel have decided to start making their own movies when so many of them still blow bubbles. Music and Lyrics (3/5) – Hugh Grant, […]

(still in Finland, still biz travel, sometime after midnight [jetlag], something called MTV3, in English, Finnish subtitles) So I don’t watch TV much, and I dislike William Shatner, but Boston Legal is kinda fun. Not as funny as Season 1 of Ally McBeal (all those years ago when I *did* watch TV) but pretty good. […]

A couple of nights ago I blockbustered the last three episodes of Season 2. It was a good season finale – no real cliffhangers, tightly written, and the not-necessarily-permanent end of Rose Tyler. I hope that this will allow the latest Doctor to roam free, no longer overshadowed by the Londoner Billie Piper and the […]